Disposable Toilet Seat Cover with Leg Straps and an Adhesive Back Patch

ABSTRACT

A wearable hygienic toilet seat barrier device comprising a U-shaped barrier with leg straps and an adhesive back patch. The barrier may have padding located on the inner side along with a plastic perimeter. The leg straps and adhesive back patch may secure the device to a user comfortably. The device may be useful as a germ protection barrier that may protect the skin of a user from contamination while sitting on a toilet.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to the field of hygienic toiletseat cover devices and more specifically relates to a wearable,disposable, hygienic toilet seat barrier device comprising a U-shapedbarrier with leg straps and an adhesive back patch. The barrier may havepadding located on the inner side along with a non-porous perimeter. Twostraps on each leg that fasten on the upper thigh as well as an adhesiveback patch may secure the device to a user comfortably and securely. Thedevice may be useful as a germ protection barrier that may protect theskin of a user from contamination while sitting on a toilet.

2. Description of the Related Art

A toilet seat is a hinged unit consisting of a round or oval open seat,and usually a lid, which is bolted onto the bowl of a toilet used in asitting position (as opposed to a squat toilet). The seat can be eitherfor a flush toilet or a dry toilet. A toilet seat consists of the seatitself, which may be contoured for the user to sit on, and the lid,which covers the toilet when it is not in use—the lid may be absent insome cases, particularly in public restrooms. When the lid is down, itcan be used as a seat.

A toilet seat cover or toilet sheet is a disposable piece of papershaped like the toilet seat itself that can be placed on the seat by itsuser. Its purpose is to protect the toilet's user from germs that may beresting on the seat by creating a protective barrier. Unfortunately,toilet seat covers do not always stay in place on a toilet seat and haveunwanted displacement. Therefore, a need exists for a toilet seat coverthat provides a secure barrier between the skin of the user and thetoilet seat to prevent direct contact with a toilet seat when used bythe public.

Various attempts have been made to solve problems found in toilet seatcover devices art. Among these are found in: U.S. Pat. No. 5,774,890 toSaroj Shah; U.S. Pat. No. 5,953,764 to Hsi Huang Lin; and U.S.Publication No. 2006/0123530 to Garey Smith. This prior art isrepresentative of hygienic toilet seat cover devices. A need exists fora reliable Disposable Toilet Seat Cover with Leg Straps and an AdhesiveBack Patch to avoid the above-mentioned problems.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known art, thepresent invention provides a novel a Disposable Toilet Seat Cover withLeg Straps and an Adhesive Back Patch. The general purpose of thepresent invention, which will be described subsequently in greaterdetail, is to provide a secure, wearable, disposable, hygienic toiletseat barrier device comprising a U-shaped barrier with straps. Thebarrier may have padding located on the inner side along with anon-porous perimeter. The leg straps and adhesive back patch may securethe device to a user comfortably. The device may be useful as a germprotection barrier that may protect the skin of a user fromcontamination while sitting on a toilet. The features of the inventionwhich are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out anddistinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. Theseand other features, aspects, and advantages of the present inventionwill become better understood with reference to the following drawingsand detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The FIGURES which accompany the written portion of this specificationillustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, aDisposable Toilet Seat Cover with Leg Straps and an Adhesive Back Patch,constructed and operative according to the teachings of the presentinvention.

FIGS. 1-4 shows a perspective view illustrating the Disposable ToiletSeat Cover with Leg Straps and an Adhesive Back Patch according to anembodiment of the present invention.

The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter bedescribed in conjunction with the appended drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to ahygienic toilet seat cover device and more particularly to theDisposable Toilet Seat Cover with Leg Straps and an Adhesive Back Patch.

Referring now to the drawings FIGS. 1-4, the Disposable Toilet SeatCover with Leg Straps and an Adhesive Back Patch is disclosed herein ina preferred embodiment comprising a secure, wearable, disposablehygienic toilet seat barrier device comprising a U-shaped barrier withstraps and an adhesive back patch. The barrier may have padding locatedon the inner side along with a non-porous perimeter. Two straps on eachleg, fastened on each upper thigh and an adhesive back patch applied toone's back, prior to sitting on a toilet seat may secure the device to auser comfortably and serves as a germ protection barrier that mayprotect the skin of a user from contamination while sitting on a toilet.The present invention can be easily removed by pealing of the adhesiveback patch, unstrapping the leg straps for the toilet cover to fall offfreely and ready for disposal. The present invention is manufacturedfrom recyclable and/or biodegradable as well as disposable materials.

The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary andnumerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readilyenvisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which areintended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention.Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially thescientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiarwith patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from acursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure ofthe application.

1. (canceled)
 2. A wearable toilet seat barrier comprising: a barrier portion; and a plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion.
 3. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 2, wherein the barrier portion is U shaped and comprises a bottom U portion, a first leg portion and a second leg portion.
 4. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 2, further comprising: an adhesive patch coupled to the barrier portion.
 5. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 3, further comprising: an adhesive patch coupled to the bottom U portion.
 6. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 3, wherein a first of the plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion is attached to the first leg portion and a second of the plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion is attached to the second leg portion.
 7. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 2, wherein the barrier portion comprises a top side to be removably coupled to a person and a bottom side to be in temporary contact with a toilet.
 8. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 7, wherein the top side comprises padding and an adhesive patch.
 9. A wearable toilet seat barrier comprising: a barrier portion comprising a top side to be removably coupled to a person and a bottom side to be in temporary contact with a toilet; and a plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion.
 10. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 9, wherein the barrier portion is U shaped and comprises a bottom U portion, a first leg portion and a second leg portion.
 11. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 9, further comprising: an adhesive patch coupled to the top side.
 12. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 10, further comprising: an adhesive patch coupled to the bottom U portion.
 13. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 9, wherein a first of the plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion is attached to the first leg portion and a second of the plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion is attached to the second leg portion.
 14. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 9, wherein the top side comprises padding and an adhesive patch.
 15. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 9, wherein the barrier portion is comprised of a non-porous material.
 16. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 9, wherein the barrier portion is comprised of recycled materials.
 17. A wearable toilet seat barrier comprising: a barrier portion comprising a top side to be removably coupled to a person and a bottom side to be in temporary contact with a toilet wherein the barrier portion is U shaped and comprises a bottom U portion, a first leg portion and a second leg portion; a plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion; and an adhesive patch coupled to the top side.
 18. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 17, wherein a first of the plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion is attached to the first leg portion and a second of the plurality of leg straps coupled to the barrier portion is attached to the second leg portion.
 19. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 17, wherein the top side comprises padding.
 20. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 17, wherein the adhesive patch is coupled to the bottom U portion.
 21. The wearable toilet seat barrier of claim 17, wherein the adhesive patch is to be removably coupled to a user. 